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Poem of " Guizhou Province shoot's ancient folk songs with love as their main theme · red shoot " of scholar's easy location of Qing Dynasty: "Weave and does not present to people on the class silk, transfer the match mountain spirit of bronze drum, two feelings have no language muddily affectionately, the vacant room avoids tonight on the third of the twelve Earthly Branches. "(Note: Red shoot only Tongren office have its, garment know spend the class silk, the needlework regards this as the affair. Hit the bronze drum in order to encourage, the name say that adjusts the drum. Every will it be day such as the third of the twelve Earthly Branches May such as years old, married couple do not get into bed, do not dare the phase language, thought that it is wounded to commit tigers. )The third of the twelve Earthly Branches tiger, who is it is it avoid the third of the twelve Earthly Branches custom to violate to dare, if couple have sexual intercourse but sleep will it be day such as the third of the twelve Earthly Branches May, the tiger will injure them . The ones that spread folkly in some places avoid the third of the twelve Earthly Branches custom.

Officer's name that the white tiger's spirit is a sanctimonious patron saint who taught in ancient times in China , and an ancient star originally, seven constellation of Western language in 28 constellation, because it presents tiger's shape and lies in the Western language, mixes five colors according to the five elements, so claim. It is all sides supernatural the first too. " Book of Rites rosefinch before " having " at the · gift, back profound and military, left Green Dragon, statement on right white a tiger ". Tujia believe in more white tiger spirit, Hubei Tujia at holding a memorial ceremony for white tigering, teacher , jar of palm , want with kill pig the people is it is it come to bleed to cut down one's own head, after dripping on paper money, hang and burn . At the child of Hunan Tujia gets one chi of wind disease, often think it is a white tiger that causes and must ask the wizard to drive " the white tiger " . While driving away , will put a chair in the open air , will tie the bamboo with branch and leaf, on tie by cock each being white,excute a law indoors wizard , if crow cock, even if white tiger throws out.

Give the child-bearing custom of the cloth tiger in Shaanxi. Child at the full moon, uncle house is it send yellow first of tiger that cloth make to want, while entering the gate, break tiger tail one throw away to at the door. It is to wish the child is as strong as tiger after growing up to give the cloth tiger; Break tiger tail , hope child exempt calamity exempt difficult in the course of growing up. Popular child-bearing custom that give the tiger a pillow of all parts of Shanxi. Every child celebrate birthday, uncle is it give one of nephew or one tiger pillow to want, can both act as the pillow and act as the toy , still express blessings.

Shaanxi Hua County is it prevail marriage custom of " register for tiger steamed bun " to take. Before seeing the New Year in, the husband's uncle's family wants to steam the steamed bun of a pair of tigers, fastenned in a bumper harvest with the red rope , as soon as the bride arrives , the bride hang tiger's steamed bun on her neck , take down after entering the door, give the food from bride and bridegroom, show two people date together. What deserves to be mentioned is steamed bun this have common difference of mother , male tiger steamed bun have one " king " word on one's head, show the man wants the manager for the king; There are a pair of flying birds in the volume of tigress' steamed bun , show the wife flies with the husband. There is a little tiger before each tiger's neck , show that wished the rookie had sons early.